The Taiwan Foundation for Democracy (TFD; ) is a non-profit organisation headquartered in
Taipei
Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the ...
. Originally initiated by the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China, the foundation's purpose is to promote
democracy
Democracy (From grc, δημοκρατία, dēmokratía, ''dēmos'' 'people' and ''kratos'' 'rule') is a form of government in which people, the people have the authority to deliberate and decide legislation ("direct democracy"), or to choo ...
around the world. The Foundation was established in June 2003 as a non-partisan, non-profit organization.
The foundation was one of the largest donors to the
Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation
The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (VOC) is a non-profit anti-communist organization in the United States, authorized by a unanimous Act of Congress in 1993 for the purpose of "educating Americans about the ideology, history and legacy ...
,
donating US$1 million towards the construction of the
Victims of Communism Memorial in
Washington, DC
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.
On 9 November 2009 the TFD unveiled a
segment of the
Berlin Wall to remark the 20th anniversary of the
fall of the Berlin Wall
The fall of the Berlin Wall (german: Mauerfall) on 9 November 1989, during the Peaceful Revolution, was a pivotal event in world history which marked the destruction of the Berlin Wall and the figurative Iron Curtain and one of the series of eve ...
as a symbol for the quest for global democracy.
Organizational structure
* Secretariat
* Research and Development Department
* International Cooperation Department
* Domestic Affairs Department
*
Asia-Pacific Democracy Resource Center
Programs
*
World Forum for Democratization in Asia (WFDA)
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Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award Since 2006, the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy confers the Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award on an individual or organization which has made major contributions through peaceful means to the development of democracy and human rights in Asia. E ...
Publications
TFD publishes the semi-annual ''Taiwan Journal of Democracy'' (''TJD'', ),
a refereed journal for the study of democratic politics, especially democratic development in Taiwan and other Asian democracies.
TFD also publishes in English the annual ''China Human Rights Report'',
''Taiwan Democracy Quarterly'' in
Mandarin Chinese
Mandarin (; ) is a group of Chinese (Sinitic) dialects that are natively spoken across most of northern and southwestern China. The group includes the Beijing dialect, the basis of the phonology of Standard Chinese, the official language ...
with an English edition due in late 2018, among other publications.
References
External links
Taiwan Foundation for Democracyin English
台灣民主基金會 (''Táiwān Mínzhǔ jījīnhuì'')in Chinese
World Forum for Democracy in AsiaIHRFG: Taiwan Foundation for Democracy
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2003 establishments in Taiwan
Civic and political organizations of Taiwan
Commemoration of communist crimes
Members of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization
Organizations established in 2003
Think tanks based in Taiwan
Democracy promotion